Bulgaria is going to work during its European
presidency next year on developing a common vision for the development
of the oil industry,
Energy Minister Teamenuezhka Petkova said during a
meeting of the Association of European Petroleum Organizations, held in Sofia on Wednesday.
According to her, it is possible to organize a forum dedicated to the
problems of the oil industry during the Bulgarian presidency. She has
identified the holding of the current
meeting as significant, as
the forum brings together more than 80 per cent of the European oil
industry and largely shapes the vision and decisions taken in this
sector within the EU.
At the opening of the
meeting, Petkova said that the Bulgarian
government is working purposefully to create the appropriate conditions
for attracting foreign investors. The struggle with the gray sector is
one of the main points of the Bulgarian government because it is the
guarantee for investors that they will operate in a normal market
environment, strictly following the European rules, she said.
The
Energy Minister also outlined to the oil organizations the
priorities of our Euro-Presidency in the field of energy. "The key
topics and discussions related to the Clean Energy package for all
European citizens will include legislative and non-legislative
initiatives mainly related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, the
electricity market model, and the development of a governance regulation
of the Energy Union, "explained Minister Petkova.
In her words, these are topics and issues that are subject to many
discussions and should bring together many opinions and positions of the
different Member States. Therefore, achieving a common approach will
require very serious efforts and work, she believes. Bulgaria will
continue to work actively to achieve diversification of sources and
routes for the supply of energy resources, fully in line with the
principles of the European Energy Union, Petkova also said. She
expressed her satisfaction with the cooperation with companies such as
Total, OMV, Shell, Repsol who are working on oil and gas exploration in
the deep Black Sea and are helping to fulfill the priority of the
country's energy security in favor to all users.
(novinite.com)